Eastern frontier of the Prussian Empire.

The barracks, which stretch for dozens of miles, sit on uneven high ground, which should be said to be the edge of the Great Udak Plain, full of rolling hills.

It's still a day's journey from Okale, one of the seven cities of the Brin Tempus Union. A month ago, it was peaceful and quiet. But now, nearly 60,000 imperial soldiers transferred from the western front of the empire are stationed here, and the breath of war fills the entire military camp and this originally peaceful land.

"When will this battle begin?"

A gruff voice rang out in the barracks' main tent.

The main tent of the barracks is located in the center of the entire camp, on the highest point of the land.

After nearly a month of marching, this huge army crossed the Great Plains of Yudak and finally arrived here before the deadline, which is puzzling. I hurried on the road, thinking that as soon as I reached the eastern border of the empire, I would be thrown into battle. But as a result, after arriving here for a month, the war had not yet begun, and the soldiers under his command were like vacations these days. Compared to the primeval forests on the western frontier of the empire, the beautiful scenery and pleasant climate of the eastern front made these soldiers envious.

Ten days ago, the Imperial checkpoints along the border were completely closed, prohibiting anyone from crossing the border into the Empire. The Great War was imminent, and every soldier in the barracks felt the tension of that war. But ten full days passed, and there was no movement.

I don't know what those guys above think, to transfer the army to the Eastern Front with all the hard work, but to leave everyone idle here. You must know that the daily food of 60,000 soldiers is an astronomical amount. Now the generals of the army were doubting the efficiency of the imperial government, and some even joked that the messenger from Opstin must have been dragged by a woman halfway to delay the emperor's order to attack.

As a matter of fact, they have served in the army for a long time and know very well that 60,000 troops are stationed only forty or fifty miles from the border line, and no matter how well you do your covert work, you will definitely not be able to escape the enemy's reconnaissance. Could it be that the lords of the empire put us here to scare the ragtag army of the Alliance?

Death Mountain Road, "the resting place of the eagle".

It is a primeval forest that spreads for hundreds of miles, and the trees that shade the sky block all light, and darkness and decay are always everything here. No one has ventured through this forest, and even if there were, it must have been a long time ago.

In such darkness, there seem to be shadows wriggling now, and if your eyes begin to gradually adjust to this dark environment, you will find that endless black and gray shadows form a huge queue of endless heads and tails, passing through this forest in an orderly manner. The ground is a layer of deciduous castles several feet thick, and the smell of decay makes everyone who enters it uncomfortable, and the methane gas produced can sometimes kill people. But that's not the most frightening, the most terrifying thing is the endless darkness and silence of the forest. Silence can sometimes make people feel more nervous than darkness.

This is an elite army belonging to the Prussian Empire, and after passing through the mountain slides of the Death Mountain Road, they entered this primeval mountain forest, known as the "resting place of the eagle".

As they passed through the mountain slide, they encountered dozens of road collapses and mudslides, and nearly 10,000 soldiers died on the road, but this was only the beginning, and they would have sacrifices in the face of the mountain forest. Their destination was the city of Adlai, located at the end of the Caucasus Mountains.

Anyone with a modicum of geographical knowledge would not believe that the Prussian Empire had sent an army of 70,000 men to venture across the Death Mountain Road, even the head of the "homeland", Li Yuxuan. He did feel a little uneasy when he found out that the map marked this road, but through Collins's explanation, he did not believe that Shackland would abandon the "Golden Pass" offensive route in favor of this "Death Mountain Road".

In the whole military operation, this was undoubtedly an adventure, and it should be said that it was a pointless adventure. Even if the army crossed the "Death Mountain Road", it was only soldiers, and as for the war horses, it was absolutely impossible to pass this road. After losing the guarantee of cavalry, it is impossible to compete with the "seven-colored knight army" of the alliance with infantry alone.

But now the situation is different, as long as they can reach Adlai City, then they will have their own cavalry, the blue army in the original alliance "Seven Colored Knights".

If Lian Ao is the "magic knife" that the Shackran Emperor used to deal with Li Yuxuan, then this strange soldier is the "magic knife" he used to deal with San Theo Lee.

Okale City, the Lord's Mansion Secret Chamber.

"There are already 60,000 garrisons of the Reich on the border, and as soon as the gates are opened, the Prussian army will flood into the territory of the Union. ”

Ryan still looks like a promise.

"Very well! Since that yellow-haired boy and that old immortal did this to me, don't blame me for turning my face and not recognizing anyone!" Babu's eyes sparkled with excitement, and he looked like a fanatical religious believer.

It seems that the Báb has now completely lost his mind. From the beginning to the end, he never met with the so-called secret envoy of the Prussian Empire, and all contacts with the Prussian side were handled by Lane. He now had only a letter of appointment from the Prussian Empire, appointing him as the highest administrative officer in the former Union districts. In fact, in the Prussian Empire, there was no official with such local power, and all power was basically concentrated in the hands of the emperor and the cabinet. And even if Prussia did occupy the entire Union region, Sarkland the Great would never allow the existence of such a figure and center of power that would affect the stability of his empire.

In Ryan's eyes, the current Babu is like a "docile" little sheep, and he will go there if he asks him to go, and there will be absolutely no "uncooperation".

If you want to get a donkey to go in the direction you set, instead of whipping it hard on the buttocks, hang a carrot in front of it.

For the current Báb, revenge and hatred are the best carrots. As long as he can get revenge on Menzies and San Theo Lee, he can even ignore the rest. And now the rope with the carrot tied to it was firmly in Ryan's hand. When Babu fulfills his dream and gets the "carrot" he has all his heart set on getting, that's when he loses everything.

Malenia Gorge.

It is a long and narrow valley about 50 miles long and only half a mile wide, with towering cliffs on both sides. In peacetime, two hundred regular troops of the Union were stationed at each end of the canyon. They are the Teal Legion belonging to Okale City and the Orange Legion belonging to Gate City. Although the canyon is of great military importance, it is no different from the rest of the "Golden Pass" for the Brinpius Union, which has not been at war for hundreds of years. The only reason why troops were stationed at both ends of this canyon was to divide the sphere of influence. On the north side of the canyon, all taxes belong to the city of Okale, and within a hundred miles to the south of the canyon, they go under the jurisdiction of the city of Men. Further south, the caravan would enter the territory of the Alliance's capital, Echphon.

The canyon is unusually quiet at night, except for the intermittent chirping of mountain birds in the mountains and forests, only the chirping of insects in the grass. No one would have believed that in the next two years, it would become a battlefield where the remains of hundreds of thousands of soldiers were buried. And the regular armies of the Alliance, which usually interact with each other at both ends of the canyon, will become enemies in the future, fighting each other with swords and fighting on the battlefield.

The moon revealed her white face from behind the dark clouds in the night sky, and the soft moonlight shone on every inch of the canyon, and the mountain wind whistling through the canyon seemed to whisper something. In the face of such a peaceful and calm atmosphere, I believe that no one would hope that the demon of war would sweep this land in just half a month. And the length of this war also exceeded the estimates of both sides of the war.

Just like what San Theo Lee, who later commanded the Battle of the Canyon of Malenia, said.

"It may be the desire for power of those in power on both sides that starts the war, but it is the hatred between the armies and the people on both sides that really determines the course of the war. There is no force in this world that is more frightening than hatred, and there is no force that inspires the human spirit more than hatred. The reason why the alliance was able to resist the superior strength of the Prussian Empire was not only because of this canyon that was only more than 50 miles long, but also because of the spirit of fighting to the death and the bitter hatred of the enemy of the Union soldiers!"

Following the invasion of the Kingdom of Fabre by the Newingman Empire, another large-scale war in the western part of the continent quietly approached the "sleeping people" in a "quiet".